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<h1>Distrainor</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis*train"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Distraint</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis*traint"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>destrainte</ets> distress, force.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.</def>

<i>Abbott.</i>

<h1>Distrait</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis`trait"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Distract</er>.]</ety> <def>Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.</def>

<h1>Distraught</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis*traught"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p. & a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>distract</ets>, <ets>distrauht</ets>. See <er>Distract</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Torn asunder; separated.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "His greedy throat . . . <i>distraught</i>."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Distracted; perplexed.</def> "<i>Distraught</i> twixt fear and pity."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<blockquote>As if thou wert <b>distraught</b> and mad with terror. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To doubt betwixt our senses and our souls Which are the most <b>distraught</b> and full of pain. <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Distraughted</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis*traught"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Distracted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Distream</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis*tream"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> (intens.) + <ets>stream</ets>.]</ety> <def>To flow.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<blockquote>Yet o'er that virtuous blush <b>distreams</b> a tear. <i>Shenstone.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Distress</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis*tress"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>destresse</ets>, <ets>distresse</ets>, OF. <ets>destresse</ets>, <ets>destrece</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82tresse</ets>, OF. <ets>destrecier</ets> to distress, (assumed) LL. <ets>districtiare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>districtus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>distringere</ets>. See <er>Distrain</er>, and cf. <er>Stress</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; <as>as, to suffer <ex>distress</ex> from the gout, or from the loss of friends</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Not fearing death nor shrinking for <b>distress</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.</def>

<blockquote>Affliction's sons are brothers in <b>distress</b>. <i>Burns.</i></blockquote>